>>18967708
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF-

I missed so much, but at least I got to catch up on reading before the thread 404'd.
Anyway..

"If that is what you want to do. You might want to talk to Verne about it first though. Also, I'm not sure how the hiring works around EE...seeing as...I was kind of stolen."

>>18967708
[Posting stuff that did not get it into the archived thread. Bear for a while.]

Now, down to business.

Your leg stitched up, you limp over to Mark, stripping down. "Hey, uh. . any way you can repair my mechandrites?" You ask. He nods.
"I'll have a lotta work to do after the techies finish taking those things apart, but I'll do what I can." He says, taking the 'drites.

Then you call Amy.
"Daaave." Amy said. "The secret projeeect. It's going to be awesome."
You chuckle. "Hey, I figured I should warn you; I used the Javelin today, and. . "
She sounded worried. "Did it explode?!"
"Uh, no, it didn't. In fact it destroyed a massive, high-tech powersuit in the mission today. But the guys I work for want to know how it works."
"Ohh. So you told them to get into contact with me." She says. "Maybe I can get some money by making a deal with them. Nice thinking!"

----

"Just looking after the interests of my favorite lady mad scientist. Make sure to get a good deal, though. It's a pretty powerful weapon."
"Oooh, you know what might even be a better idea? I could get a job there! As like, an agent or something. This morning, Grayson told me that it's pretty much the same thing as a merc job, except you can always rely on backup." She said. "Plus, they'd be totally interested in all the things I make in my spare time."

[that's it then go to >>18967708 ]

http://archive.foolz.us/tg/thread/18964056

Last thread, didn't get archived properly.

>those are not words captcha

>>18967763
>>18967708

"If that is what you want. I'd be glad to have you here.
I'm sure the company will provide you with a proper workshop and a lab and you can probably always make use of the stuff they have lying around or requisition it without having to pay."

"It'd be great to have you along, but wouldn't you be sacrificing a lot of freedom with regards to when and whom you work with?"

She does, after all, deal with some fairly shady-seeming individuals.

"If that's what you want." You say. "I'm sure the company would provide you with a proper workshop and lab and definitely get you the parts you need."
"Awesome." She says. "I'll be there in like. . a few hours. I need to finish seating the monosaws, and then I'll come by."
"It'd be great to have you along, but wouldn't you be sacrificing a lot of freedom with regards to when and whom you work with?" You asked, but she just laughed.
"You and Grayson both worked with me a few days ago. I don't think it'll be an issue." She said. "But I should get to work. See you in a few hours, Daaaave."
You turn to Jun. "She'll by by in a few hours, and intends on getting a job here. I'm . . not exactly sure with how hiring works here."

"Well, mostly, we do interviews. For our agents, we need someone with qualified skills or experience, and for our technicians we need some kind of concept or device to look over. Which does she intend to be?"
"Well, ah. . is both an option?" You ask.
She sighed. "I'm not sure."

If 'both' isn't an option, well, Amy has already proven more than adequately skilled at kludging things together.

She will be making all the money.

>fucking captcha, what language is that even supposed to be
>it looks like some kind of mixed upside-down-arab and something asian

>>18967835
"She could easily fill both fields. She is a genius tech, and also very handy to have around in a fight. The company should seriously consider it."

I wonder if Verne will come along too if Amy does.

>>18967835
"Well, you better make a new position for her. I doubt she will agree to not doing fieldwork. As a technician, she is a genius and a savant, you'll really benefit from having her."

"Well, she's a genius tech, and definitely handy to have around in a fight. But she's . . eccentric. She won't agree with not doing fieldwork." You say, starting to feel woozy from the drugs the medtechs pumped you up with.

"It'll be busy here for awhile, Dave." Jun said, motioning to the racks of stolen powersuits. "Maybe you should take some rest."
"Yeah, that's a good idea. . probably." You say. "I do want one of those suits, though."

She sighed, and nodded. "If we have spares. Now go get some sleep."
You nod, and then walk to the elevator, taking it all the way down to B-3, where your bed sat.

>>18967835
You should probably make it an option then. She's good in the field, a mechanical whiz, and damn pleasant to work with. She likes doing both so we should probably oblige her.

We need to have a religious experience in our dreams relating to firepower.

I'm thinking something Hellsing-like, but more dignified.

The AIs can be the cherubic choir.

>>18967936
Pass out. We did a good job today

>>18967936
Let's get the sleep we deserve. Tell the AIs to transmit a lovely dream into our heads? Some unconscious entertainment.

You lay back in your bed. . and pass out.
You dream of lovely, lovely explosions, and energy weapons lighting up the sky alongside a choir of singing cherubs. .

And then you wake up on the floor. Your leg still hurts, and apparently you've just fallen out of your bed.
<Time?>
<Just after dawn.> Azure states. You shrug; you've been asleep for at least eight hours. That's how long a normal person sleeps, right?
You stretch, and take a shower. When you get out, you hear strange tapping outside of your room.

>>18968027
see who/what that is

use bullfrog to ping the location if whatever it is has electronic devices

>>18968027
Someone is knocking at the door? If not can you or either of the AI recognize it?

>>18968027
See if we can check who it is, ping for augs and if that doesn't turn anything up see if we can check if there are cameras pointing there.

We don't need to have the drites attached to use them. So have one of them hand us a towel to wrap around our waist and another to open the door for us. Invite them in.

rolled 70 = 70

Tell the MtGfags to play their card games elsewhere.

Then use Computorspine to see if you can actually see whatever is making that noise. I keep forgetting whether or not there are security cameras in the hallway.

If that fails, investigate with the mark 1 Eyeball.

You wrap the towel around your waist and ping for augments.
Two augmented legs. One is tapping. Apparently, Amy's in the base, and from what you can tell from her actions, she's impatient.

>>18968084
Open the door
get on the floor
everybo-

I mean, open the door and see what she wants.

>>18968084
Get some clothes on and let her inside. See if she talked to EE about the job yet, and how it went etc.

Speak to the Scou- um, Amy.

>>18968084
Open the door with a drite and invite her in. No need to keep her waiting, if she's in such a hurry she'll have to look at us without pants. Though I do feel somewhat undressed with the drites not attached.

oh emi , specifically looking for us after we've showered

>>18968103
>The drites, as well as the armor, is still with Mark so he can repair them.
You toss on some pants, discard the towel, and open the door.
"Sup." You say, making her jump.
"How did you know I was there?" Amy asked, still tapping her foot. She's wearing a labcoat. Odd.
"Magic spine. It tells me things."
"Did it tell you that you were asleep for *three days*?"

Wait, what?

>>18968138
"BUHWAAAAAA?!"

<Guys, you should notify me of things like that>

Alright, now, that ain't healthy.

We should try and find out if overusing the machine forces it to suck out more power or something similar.

Maybe get checked for brain tumors too.

>>18968138
"...So, uh, what did I miss?"

>>18968138
We should check our phone for missed calls and messages

".... Huh."

Cup your chin.

"I did wonder where all this stubble came from. Welp. Last time was three months, I think I'm getting better at this whole 'coma' thing."

>>18968138
<Azure, when someone asks what time it is after waking up, it's customary to inform them if they've been asleep for more than 1 day.>

Sorry about that, magic spine neglected to tell me this information, what's up on your end?

"Uh..Last time it was three months. I guess I'm getting better at this coma thing." You say, and she glares at you.
<You should tell me things like that.> You admonish your AIs.
<I. . thought it would be funny.> Azure said. <Tell Amy I said hi! Hi, Amy!>
"So, what did I miss?"
"Well, apparently the power suits have been torn completely apart, they had me design and redesign and re-re-redesign the javelin a thousand times, and you." She said, pointing to you. "are giving yourself brain damage."

>>18968211
I'm guess I shouldn't be surprised after the bleeding eyes and nose thing that happens occasionally and lapsing into a three day sleep. How bad is it?

Oh, Azure says hi.

>>18968211
<Heh, okay>
"Brain damage?!

Oh, Azure says hi."

"How are the powersuit development going? When can I expect one for myself?"

>>18968211
"From this implant? I guess it would be too good to be true if it didn't have any drawbacks."

Oh man. I bet the Javelin is incredibly awesome by now.

>>18968211

"All things considered, that doesn't come as much of a surprise. Guess I'll have to be more careful."

>>18968211
"Are you getting paid well, I hope?
And how are you liking it here? Better than before? Worse?"

>>18968260
>by now
>implying it was not the greatest thing since sliced bread already

We'd be dead at least four times over if it weren't for that thing, by my count. Show a little respect.

>>18968297
I was just meaning even more awesome then it already is. I mean...imagine what it is now that she has redesigned it countless times.

"Yeah, I can't see why I'd be suprised after the whole 'bleeding from the eyes and nose' thing." You say, completely nonchalantly. Amy starts to say something, and then just sighs.
"How's the powersuit development?" You ask. "Do I get one for my very own?"

She shrugged. "It's not my department, is what I'm supposed to say, but I found a few things out." She said, walking into your room and closing the door behind her. "It's some kind of synthetic muscle sort of stuff. Just. . electrically pulse the right spot and it twitches. Reeally cool for augments, and pretty tough, but it sucks up a lot of power. They don't know all how it works yet, but when they do, you'll get one. Most of the agents will. I don't want one, though- It'd slow me down too much."
"How are you liking it here?"
"They haven't given me any field work, so it's kinda boring on that end, but they let me work on whatever I feel like. I still haven't told them about the. . " And then she looks around. "Seeeecret projeeeect, But. They did. Get me. More Plasma tech." She said. "So instead of the railgun, I'm going to make a souped up javelin for it."

>>18968323
just meant*

>wtf kind of grammar was I using there?

>>18968331
>a souped up javelin for it
My God

"You're going to turn it into a WMD, you know that."
"Did Verme join up too?"

"By the way, Azure says hi."

>>18968331
You wonderful person, I can't wait to see what it ends up as. I miss anything important while I was out?

>>18968331
> you'll get one
Yeeeeaaahhhhhh Booooy.

"Have there been any mission while I've been out? What is the news around the place? It is good to hear you got the job. I had no doubts that you would. A souped my javelin would surely wreck shit, go for it."

>>18968331
Check the phone for messages

"That's. . .terrifying." you say. "I can't wait to see. By the way, Azure says hi." You say, and you finally hear Azure stop yelling <HI AMY, AMY HI, HI AMY> in the back of your head.
"Did Verne join up too?"
At that, Amy's face falls.
"He won't be able to be a mercenary anymore. His augments are all failing, and we were able to save him, but. . he's just too old."

>>18968410
"Oh..."
Pat her on the shoulder.

"Hey, maybe with the Gen-3 augmentations like mine and that crazy powersuit tech he'd be able to get back into things?"

>>18968391
Second.

>>18968410
"Damn. How is he taking it? Is he alright?"

>>18968410
I'm sorry to hear that, he is a good man. Maybe with some of the tech we've been developing we'll be able to help him some.

You don't have to be a young man to run Overwatch. Having someone that competent coordinating things can make it a lot less stressful.

>>18968432
I don't know if that is such a good idea. The implant only does the special stuff with us according to Jun, and it is still in its prototype stage anyway. It could be very dangerous for him. We seem to just be a very lucky case.

>>18968469
I mean, when Gen-3 augmentations become fully developed, tested and safe to use.
They are trying to advance the augmentation technology as a whole, remember?

>>18968490
Well in that case, then yes. By the time they have moved forward with their implants and augmentation technology he will have had time to rest up too.

"Damn. How's he taking it? Is he alright?"
"He's never alright." She said, rolling her eyes. "But yeah, he doesn't seem too bummed out about it. I am, of course, but he's fine with 'getting some rest once in a damn while', as he puts it."
"Maybe if he gets some of the crazy powersuit tech. ."
She shook her head. "Maybe, but we need to figure out how it works first. It's a lot more complex than we first thought. I dumbed it down a *lot* for you."
Then she shrugged, and opened the door. "Jun will want to talk to you later today, and Mark said he's upgrading your mechandrites to work with the new powersuit tech. It won't be as efficient as the real thing, but he called them 'slashy, murderous death'. So you might want to take a look at that. But I have to jet." She said, and waved. "Plus, you forgot your shirt." She said with a wink, and closed the door.

Huh.

You check your phone for messages; Apparently Grayson and Amy have both called twice, but they never left messages, Jun called once, and. . Abel left a message a few hours after you went to sleep.

"Dave, listen closely." The message started. Abel was talking in a fast, breathy voice. "By the time you hear this, I may be dead. First things first, ArmaTek have been hired by Cadmium Dynamics. And that agent I was talking about before? The one in the video? They're in this city. Right now. Looking for me."

>NEXT TIME, ON NEARFUTURE CYBORG QUEST
>>ahahahahahaha
>>>AHAHAHAHA
>>>>YOUR TEARS ARE DELICIOUS

>>18968538
Amy is keen ;)

>>18968538
DAMMIT ABEL

I TOLD YOU BRO
I TOLD YOU TO STOP DIGGING

>>18968538
Damn it Abel, I told you to look into Natalie, but nooo. You decide to dig on the dangerous fuckers. Motherfucker. Mother fucking fucking fucker.

>Again, I'll be around for awhile to answer questions, and again, my twitter is @futureexabyte.
>Feel free to ask me about previous plot points, and I'll tell you my thoughts behind them and what I originally planned before you guys fucked it up.

>>18968587
>and what I originally planned before you guys fucked it up.

Heh?
What had you planned and how did we fuck it up?

>>18968538
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

>I wonder how many people would be out for my blood if I just stopped running the quest forever here. Just left it on a cliffhanger

DON'T YOU DO IT OP. DON'T YOU DO IT.

>By the way, you guys just exited the 'ArmaTek' arc and entered the 'arc i haven't named yet'. In truth, it's a fusion of two of the three different paths I had planned out.

>>18968609
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
If you do this I WILL FIND YOU EXABYTE

>>18968538
>get superspineputer
>tentacle arms are the real superpower

AAABEEEEELLLLLLL

Wait, fuck, ISHELDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

If anyone has touched our bro, the streets will run red with blood. If someone has touched OUR FUCKING CAT, there are no fucking words in ANY human language to describe the SHEER DEPTH of the bloody vengeance we shall have.

Turning the other cheek is for people who don't have dakkatentacles.
>Jimmies Status
>[ ]Not Rustled
>[X]Rustled

>>18968587
You're not actually answering anything on your twitter.

>>18968613
Oh you tease.

>>18968655
Oh fuck
OUR CAT

OUR CAAAAAAAAT

I KNEW WE SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT HER TO EE

>>18968606
>Originally, you were supposed to tell Grayson that you were a prisoner there. Grayson would have escorted you up to Jun, and would have pulled a fucking gun on her. That was earliest of many things you guys screwed up.
>>18968609
>Don't worry, I won't. Writing this Quest is like. . magic. You know the old story of rumpelstiltskin? About how that lady was fruitlessly trying to spin straw into gold for three days? That's me and normal writing. And then Rumpelstilskin is like me and Quest Threading. I just keep working and gold keeps coming out.

>>18968655
> I do answer whatever I notice, as long as it isn't storyline significant.

>>18968675

They touch Ishelda and we become Kratos.

It's that simple.

>>18968655
>there are no fucking words in ANY human language to describe the SHEER DEPTH...

OF OUR DRITES IN THEIR ANUSES

>>18968685
>>Originally, you were supposed to tell Grayson that you were a prisoner there. Grayson would have escorted you up to Jun, and would have pulled a fucking gun on her. That was earliest of many things you guys screwed up.

Oh, that was from the very beginning, right? Man, I wouldn't have thought that the head security would have done something like that anyway. Of course now that we know his actual backstory. EE is willing to let us go as we please nowadays, so they can't be /that/ bad.

What else did we fuck up? Please tell.
Something tells me that today's mission was supposed to go much, much harder.

>>18968685
Well, it seemed like it was premature to reveal that to him. We were in a situation with minimal information, I figured that we should get all the information possible before making a big decision like that.

>>18968692

Thanks, I was going to say it, but figured MONOBLADETENTACLERAPE WITH GAUSS ON TOP was better left an implication.

>>18968685

I know that feel. With the three days, I mean. Maybe I should try running a quest sometime. Been considering it on and off for over a year now.

Also, I'm not sure whether you saw this on twitter, so I'll say it again here- this is the most fun I've had actually participating in a quest thread, bar none.

Screw SWQ and Metahuman Renaissance, NearFuture Cyborg Quest is where it's at.

I love this fucking board so much.

>>18968751
>Also, I'm not sure whether you saw this on twitter, so I'll say it again here- this is the most fun I've had actually participating in a quest thread, bar none.
>I love this fucking board so much.

Fuck yeah. Me too!

SWQ is impossible to get into. It gets flooded with posts so much that any suggestions you might have get drowned. And that's not fun at all.

>>18968731
>Actually, today's mission wasn't really planned at all. I knew you would find out who the 'real baddy' was, but I wasn't sure how you'd find out. So I decided to give you guys a solo mission. The only encounter I planned to be difficult, you cleared with a single fucking nat100.

>>18968751
>Those two quests were some of them I was reading before I realized 'HEY. I COULD DO THAT. I COULD REALLY RUN A QUEST. I'M A WRITER AND EVERYTHING.'

>>18968751
I knew you were thinking it. You are welcome.

>>18968751
I do love this quest as well. I follow an absurd number of quests and this is one of my favorites of them.

Exabye, you're running an excellent quest, keep it up.

>>18968773

That's what its IRC is for, but yeah, SWQ is mostly just plain reading material for me nowadays.

As for suggestions getting in... Are you kidding me? I'm the guy that said N'oo'p should get a crowbar. He got his damn crowbar.

Metahuman Renaissance I just tend to either run late for, or keep slowpoking literally five seconds after my post is no longer relevant.

>>18968796
I see

>that was earliest of many things you guys screwed up.

What else did we screw up?
Or things went in totally different direction than you were expecting.

>>18968807
Oh yeah this quest is awesome. This is actually the first quest I have followed for over a single thread, and I worried that nothing else will live up to my expectations haha.

But oh well. As long as there is this one I am all good.

Here, because we're so far from autosage, I'll detail a few things about the STORY BEHIND THE STORY.
NFC was pretty much planned to be what it is now; Where you fuck around with cybernetic enhancements and shoot things. But originally, you were planned to break out of EE, making enemies with Jun, and fall in with a group of mercs.

Detective: This was the proto-verne, and he was going to be the squad commander. Brash, always drunk, always kind of a jerk.
Bro: This was proto-Grayson. He was planned originally to already be in the merc squad, not in EE with Jun- you were planned to break out on your own. He was going to be some kind of heavy-duty sniper with AI-assisted targeting.

Brat: This was proto-amy, and she wasn't actually a genius. She was going to be loud and annoying, and carry around an uzi and a bag of grenades, because her russian uncle sent her 'goodies' every so often.

Abel didn't exist at this time in the planning.

So, the new electromuscle 'drites.

Are they more organic-looking? Are we packing a pair of tentacles that look like coiled masses of fuck-you-I'm-the-ubermensch murdermuscle?

>tricd andCuel
So, Captcha says the point-and-click version of this comes on three discs and is pretty cool.

>>18968904
> The drites look identical, but a bit bulkier; and the 4 monoknives will have been replaced with a single x-shaped mono-sword in the center. That way, when the gatling-gauss is spinning, the mono-sword becomes a mono-drill. For maximum slashy death.

Templar: This was proto-alli, and she was designed to be a returning sort of nemesis. But not because of her brother dying, but because she's morally opposed to implants of any kind. She was going to get along exclusively on combat drugs and monomolecular weapons, and be some kind of hacker-ninja.

>>18968882

I'm glad we screwed up those plans, then. That sounds good- but not as amazing as what you ended up running.

>>18968940
That one is even worse than the one we got.

>>18968951
This. What we got sounds much more fun. It's nice to work for not-so-good guys once in a while.

>>18968882
I like that we were annoyed at being held prisoner, but figured that honestly they weren't all that bad as far as corporations go. We figured it was best to remain on their side in case we had to run, and to not try to skip town until we had more data. It's ended up with us working for them in a pretty nice relationship.

>>18968940
>we drill now son

... You do realize you just made us roughly 80% more messianic, right? At this rate I might actually start pushing for the formation of a tentacledakka cult.

>>18968951
>Actually, all of this proto-stuff fell apart pretty much on my own third post. Not because I thought it was a bad idea, but because I wasn't sure how to get from 'INTRO' to 'JOINING THE SQUAD'. So I had Grayson show up, supposedly 'undercover', and then I realized I had no idea what I was doing. So I decided, 'Fuck it' and wrote whatever came to mind. Only around thread three or so did I have even slightly a clue what I was planning, and the longer this goes on, the wider my plots and plans spread.

>>18968983
I find that's actually what works best on the rare occasion I actually manage to get enough people together to game. Anything I plan in advance- literally anything- basically crashes and burns, usually under its own colossal, unsustainable weight.

But the moment you start winging it, people just have fun. And as long as you don't let on you aren't actually planning things in advance, they think you're some kind of Kira-tier chessmaster.

PROTO-AI:

You were always going to have an AI assistant. I was thinking something like cortana, but then when it came time, I didn't know how to introduce them. So instead I brought in Clippy, and let you murder him. Finally, when it came time to meet proto-verne and proto-amy, I gave Amy a cluster of AIs and gave you your choice.

>>18968978
Yeah, besides they had pretty much saved our life and replaced our destroyed spine. Without them, at best we would have been a paralyzed cripple for life, at worst we would have never woken up. So we kinda owed them even if they kidnapped and experimented on us.

>>18968970
>>18968951
>>18969016
>>18969035

Overall, I'm glad my plans were dashed apart, because I agree with everyone; what I planned sucked, and what I winged didn't. I'll continue to do this for quite some time, even if I end up having to skip a day or two.

>>18969089
> I'll continue to do this for quite some time

Please do and don't bail on us like many stinky quest authors do

>>18969089
Keep it up, you're doing a great job and I'm loving the characters. Hopefully we'll get Abel out in more or less one piece, I like him.

Our first order of business however will be to see the armor that the company acquired and learn the inns and outs of hacking the power supply so we can do it more reliably. We'll need every advantage we can get against these schmucks.

Was that all that we fucked up (speaking about your plans)?

>>18969210
It's hard to say what you guys fucked up, what I personally fucked up, or what I planned but never got around to doing. A lot of things just didn't seem to fit the tone of the story, and a bunch of more things I'm keeping in my pocket to bring out at a later date.

>>18969089
Sir. You're pretty much the next Evo Quest.

That, to those who remember Evo Quest, should mean a lot. Whatever you do, don't stop this quest. I honestly don't know how, but you have that same... That same SPARK, of winging and creativity and ridiculous bullshit, all strung together into a followable plot, somehow.

Those of us who were there all greatly miss Evo Quest. Don't drop out like the author of that quest did. If you keep running this quest, then that'll be the end of it. But if you stop... I will look for you. I will find you. And I will blorp you.

>>18969289
I remember EVO quest. I remember people losing apeshit about it. It was truly the SWQ of its time.

Don't know why the author just dropped it

>>18969309
The world may never know.